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i would see a press corps, especially from the united states which had really not very much experience to draw on, most of that world war ii cohort, like ernie pyle, john hersey, edward r. murrow, martha kilbourne, a lot of these folks had very little experience as war correspondent. some of them had experience as a journalist, but very few of them had been covering world war i. and so for them it was all new. and i was really, really impressed with the quality and the beauty indeed of some the things they wrote. ernie pyle, you know, jimmy had always been kind of a cartoon character. you know, the journalist in the foxhole. but some of the things he wrote were choose, i would love to share. >> that would be great spent see if i can put my finger on it passage here that i think really evokes his finest work. and it was the kind of thing he wrote that cat people, let's see, in the service at that time. some of the soldiers would send letters back home to the family and say i'm not going to bother sending you any more letters. if you really want to know what the war is like you should re
i would see a press corps, especially from the united states which had really not very much experience to draw on, most of that world war ii cohort, like ernie pyle, john hersey, edward r. murrow, martha kilbourne, a lot of these folks had very little experience as war correspondent. some of them had experience as a journalist, but very few of them had been covering world war i. and so for them it was all new. and i was really, really impressed with the quality and the beauty indeed of some the...
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god bless the united states of america. thank you all very much. >> the house minority leader, nancy pelosi. speaking to the floor enthusiastic reaction. still with us in the skybox is u.s. wisconsin congresswoman tammy baldwin run for the senate. mark you have a question. >> yes, you came to the congress the same year as paul ryan. and you have profound political ditches. and tell us what on a personal level what perm quality of his do you admire? >> we are friends. we actually came in in the same year and traveled and commute back and for the between wisconsin and dc together and we have managed to disagree without being disagreeable. we have sharp differences on the issues. but probably the untold story in the toxic partisan political times there still are friendships and there still are opportunities to look for reaching across the aisle to get things done for the people. and sometimes on wisconsin issues, we've teamed up. >> if that is the case why is it so hard to get the two parties to work together? >> well, i think
god bless the united states of america. thank you all very much. >> the house minority leader, nancy pelosi. speaking to the floor enthusiastic reaction. still with us in the skybox is u.s. wisconsin congresswoman tammy baldwin run for the senate. mark you have a question. >> yes, you came to the congress the same year as paul ryan. and you have profound political ditches. and tell us what on a personal level what perm quality of his do you admire? >> we are friends. we...
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god bless the united states of america. thank you all very much. >> the house minority leader, nancy pelosi. speaking to the floor enthusiastic reaction. still with us in the skybox is u.s. wisconsin congresswoman tammy baldwin run for the senate. mark you have a question. >> yes, you came to the congress the same year as paul ryan. and you have profound political ditches. and tell us what on a personal level what perm quality of his do you admire? >> we are friends. we actually came in in the same year and traveled and commute back and for the between wisconsin and dc together and we have managed to disagree without being disagreeable. we have sharp differences on the issues. but probably the untold story in the toxic partisan political times there still are friendships and there still are opportunities to look for reaching across the aisle to get things done for the people. and sometimes on wisconsin issues, we've teamed up. >> if that is the case why is it so hard to get the two parties to work together? >> well, i think
god bless the united states of america. thank you all very much. >> the house minority leader, nancy pelosi. speaking to the floor enthusiastic reaction. still with us in the skybox is u.s. wisconsin congresswoman tammy baldwin run for the senate. mark you have a question. >> yes, you came to the congress the same year as paul ryan. and you have profound political ditches. and tell us what on a personal level what perm quality of his do you admire? >> we are friends. we...
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when kentucky republican rand paul won a seat in the united states senate in 2010. it was after a campaign in which he said the 1964 civil rights act made him uncomfortable. he wasn't sure that anybody should be able to tell a private business that, for example, you have to serve black people. >> would you have voted for the civil rights act of 1964? >> i like the civil rights act in the sense that it ended discrimination in all public domains and i'm all in favor of that. but -- you had to ask me the but. but i don't like the idea of telling private business owners. i ab who are racism. i think it's a bad idea to exclude anybody from your restaurant at the time i believe there should be no discrimination in anything that gets into private funding but maybe voting against the civil rights act which wasn't just good governmental discrimination, but public accommodations, people who provided services that were open to the public had to do so in a nondiscriminatory fashion. let me ask you a specific. >> there's ten different titles, you know, to the civil rights act. a
when kentucky republican rand paul won a seat in the united states senate in 2010. it was after a campaign in which he said the 1964 civil rights act made him uncomfortable. he wasn't sure that anybody should be able to tell a private business that, for example, you have to serve black people. >> would you have voted for the civil rights act of 1964? >> i like the civil rights act in the sense that it ended discrimination in all public domains and i'm all in favor of that. but --...
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i'll tell all of these nations that the united states will remain a pacific power. and i'll tell them why. because of you. because during your careers, many of you will be headed to the pacific. there and across the globe, the navy and marine corps must lead a resurgence of america's incurring maritime. as graduates of the navy academy you've earned much and you've been given much. and now as navy and marine corps officers, we'll ask that you give much of yourselves to service to this country. it is about giving back something this country. that's what service is all about. as secretary of defense i could not be more proud of all of you for choosing to serve this great country. as mentioned, i'm the son of italian immigrants and as a young boy i once asked my dad why did you travel all of that distance, coming to a strange country, no language ability, no money, no skills, why would you do that? my father said that he did it because he and my mother believed they could give their children a better life in america. that is the american dream. it's the dream that we a
i'll tell all of these nations that the united states will remain a pacific power. and i'll tell them why. because of you. because during your careers, many of you will be headed to the pacific. there and across the globe, the navy and marine corps must lead a resurgence of america's incurring maritime. as graduates of the navy academy you've earned much and you've been given much. and now as navy and marine corps officers, we'll ask that you give much of yourselves to service to this country....
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there is no question the united states of america has not treated blacks well through the it history. as john adams once wrote save solid an abomination and the persecution of blacks after the civil war was almost as bad. because of that history, we are still having having trouble with equality. the media fears controversy involving black americans. even while some in law enforcement do the opposite they are very tough on young black males in particular the truth is african-americans are treated differently by the powerful. enarrest night's factor bernie goldberg says the media is ignoring the story in norfolk because of paternalism. they don't want the nation to know that a mob of young black people beat up a white woman and her date fearing it might embolden bigots. that analysis by bernie is worth thinking about. on the police front, it's hard to figure out just what norfolk police chief sharon chamber lynn is doing. her department refuses to release the 911 tape and now has to deal with the formal complaint filed by the victims. virginia authorities in richmond are searching for a
there is no question the united states of america has not treated blacks well through the it history. as john adams once wrote save solid an abomination and the persecution of blacks after the civil war was almost as bad. because of that history, we are still having having trouble with equality. the media fears controversy involving black americans. even while some in law enforcement do the opposite they are very tough on young black males in particular the truth is african-americans are...
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here in the united states 2 had the 4% and trying to -- 2.4% and trying to figure out how to cut. research -- wait research! >> jon: i'm in the leaving. this is my show. >> good. >> jon: i'm not going to go anywhere. >> research, a key part, right, of what gives you the pipeline for great ideas of the future. as a proportion of g.d.p. we cut it in half from what we were spending in the 60s. in education we're slashing what we spend on public universities, community colleges, the things that give boot strapper kids a chance to make it. >> jon: why are we chasing corporation conditions to compete with china? we're never going to. we saw it on fox they live in dorms and they get people to work 12 hour shifts for a biscuit and cup of tea. we can't cut the corporate rate. it ain't coming back. we have to something out, right? now i'm mad at you. [ laughter ] >> we only figure something out if we invest in the middle class, invest in ourselves and our future. we live in a world -- >> jon: yes. >> you watch it. >> jon: let me go to commercial. can you stay for two seconds and it will go
here in the united states 2 had the 4% and trying to -- 2.4% and trying to figure out how to cut. research -- wait research! >> jon: i'm in the leaving. this is my show. >> good. >> jon: i'm not going to go anywhere. >> research, a key part, right, of what gives you the pipeline for great ideas of the future. as a proportion of g.d.p. we cut it in half from what we were spending in the 60s. in education we're slashing what we spend on public universities, community...
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there is no question the united states of america has not treated blacks well through the it history. as john adams once wrote save solid an abomination and the persecution of blacks after the civil war was almost as bad. because of that history, we are still having having trouble with equality. the media fears controversy involving black americans. even while some in law enforcement do the opposite they are very tough on young black males in particular the truth is african-americans are treated differently by the powerful. enarrest night's factor bernie goldberg says the media is ignoring the story in norfolk because of paternalism. they don't want the nation to know that a mob of young black people beat up a white woman and her date fearing it might embolden bigots. that analysis by bernie is worth thinking about. on the police front, it's hard to figure out just what norfolk police chief sharon chamber lynn is doing. her department refuses to release the 911 tape and now has to deal with the formal complaint filed by the victims. virginia authorities in richmond are searching for a
there is no question the united states of america has not treated blacks well through the it history. as john adams once wrote save solid an abomination and the persecution of blacks after the civil war was almost as bad. because of that history, we are still having having trouble with equality. the media fears controversy involving black americans. even while some in law enforcement do the opposite they are very tough on young black males in particular the truth is african-americans are...
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states senate. i was recently named as the least par zan senator. >> he voted against a pro-choice woman. >> we're both pro-choice and support roe v. wade. >> it's not just about senator brown's vote. this is about the votes of all of the republicans? >> let's bring in noah beryn. boston's mayor is about to give that endorsement. how is that debate scored? was there a clear winner or loser there? >> certainly both sides and people on both sides have said one won or one lost. it's basic aally evened out to who might have won or lost. now we're more interested in looking at the specific things they were trying to do. scott brown seemed to clearly have a strategy of looking for a lot of the blue collar democrats or independents that supported him in the last election mentioned. labor unions a few times and a few things to appeal to him. warren solidified the case that brown will put republicans in power and go against the dominant strain of massachusetts politics. those are the individual things they'r
states senate. i was recently named as the least par zan senator. >> he voted against a pro-choice woman. >> we're both pro-choice and support roe v. wade. >> it's not just about senator brown's vote. this is about the votes of all of the republicans? >> let's bring in noah beryn. boston's mayor is about to give that endorsement. how is that debate scored? was there a clear winner or loser there? >> certainly both sides and people on both sides have said one won or...
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states. >> the president spent his final hours on the campaign trail in three midwestern states that could deliver him a second term. even without winning florida, virginia or north carolina, the final campaign of his political career, president obama returned to the city where it all began for him four years ago. des moines, iowa. before a crowd of 20,000 supporters, the president wiped away a tear while reflect on those who have helped this campaign and their accomplishments over the past four years. >> i've come back to iowa one more time to ask for your vote. i came back to ask you to help us finish what we've started. because this is where our movement for change began. thank you. right here. right behind these bleachers is the building that was home to our iowa headquarters of 2008. in 2008 we were in the middle of two wars and the worst economic crisis since the great depression. today our businesses created 5.5 million new jobs. the auto industry is back, home values are on the rise. we're less dependent on foreign oil than any time in the last 20 years. we've dealt with the
states. >> the president spent his final hours on the campaign trail in three midwestern states that could deliver him a second term. even without winning florida, virginia or north carolina, the final campaign of his political career, president obama returned to the city where it all began for him four years ago. des moines, iowa. before a crowd of 20,000 supporters, the president wiped away a tear while reflect on those who have helped this campaign and their accomplishments over the...
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. >> paul: we also know that they called for the revenge against the united states for a killing by a terrorist by a drone attack. they had ample warning. did they fall down on the job? >> it seems like there were a number of cascade go failures. it's fair to say it was probably a serious mistake for the ambassador stevens to go to benghazi. it was a serious mistake for them to have a marine detachment at our facility in benghazi. i'll say this for stevens. he was a brave guy. he was involved in a transition and wanted to be involved in the transition for building a new libya. you have to take some kind of risks like that. >> there is no question about that. but people knew that libya was a terrorist center. almost all of our facilities is secured by marine guards. it would be strange marine guards guarding bahamas but not in tripoli. >> so why did the administration go to the story. it was all about the video reaction in the muslim world -- let's face it an obscure youtube video that nobody knew about until after the riot started? >> i think the key question. i don't know why they we
. >> paul: we also know that they called for the revenge against the united states for a killing by a terrorist by a drone attack. they had ample warning. did they fall down on the job? >> it seems like there were a number of cascade go failures. it's fair to say it was probably a serious mistake for the ambassador stevens to go to benghazi. it was a serious mistake for them to have a marine detachment at our facility in benghazi. i'll say this for stevens. he was a brave guy. he...
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so for public consumption so the united states people can be fed the line that the taliban and karzai administration are in peace negotiations and the reason they will say that is because we are talking about a deal. not because it is true. >>guest: we are fighting with a different group of people in pakistan. it has nothing to do with these old farts. they have nothing to do with the war in afghanistan. this is just a little puppet group of people to make it look like we kissed and made up and we can go home. >>shepard: it is all a big show? >>guest: yes. >>shepard: a big show withing in to it. >>guest: but it does not erase bergdahl's family concern. the eye on the ball is get bergdahl home. >>shepard: at one point you were in the middle of getting him home at one point, right? >>guest: well, when he was first kidnapped i was contacted by forces in afghanistan. we tracked him from the time he was kidnapped. he hung out with the afghan guards and he was turned over to a group that flipped it to another group based in pakistan, the same people that kidnapped david rose from "new york
so for public consumption so the united states people can be fed the line that the taliban and karzai administration are in peace negotiations and the reason they will say that is because we are talking about a deal. not because it is true. >>guest: we are fighting with a different group of people in pakistan. it has nothing to do with these old farts. they have nothing to do with the war in afghanistan. this is just a little puppet group of people to make it look like we kissed and made...
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and cities across the united states over the past couple of days really the day that the bombing started and they're continuing today in fact right after i leave this interview i'm headed down to the white house for a protest there are those protests taking taking place in cities all over the country tonight and throughout the week and even into next week as things as the late if they escalate no doubt we'll be there demonstrating as well just like will be demonstrating on november twenty ninth at the white house so if people want to complete list of actions go to answer coalition dot org and you can find an updated list of wherever protest actions are happening all over the country because it's really going to be i mean this is the u.s. government is determined to carry this out the israeli government is determined to carry this out with our tax dollars quite a bit of our tax dollars the only thing that's going to change the equation is massive repudiation from the people and people are raising their voices and taking action absolutely i mean for over four billion dollars a year to spon
and cities across the united states over the past couple of days really the day that the bombing started and they're continuing today in fact right after i leave this interview i'm headed down to the white house for a protest there are those protests taking taking place in cities all over the country tonight and throughout the week and even into next week as things as the late if they escalate no doubt we'll be there demonstrating as well just like will be demonstrating on november twenty ninth...
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>> first openly gay woman in the united states senate in the history of the country. it's a big deal. black man to the senate, a woman to the senate. this to the gay community is just as big. not because she defeated tommy thompson, but because she's openly gay. it's huge. the first black president, the first gay senator. it's big. and it's a great thing. the democrats held on to a seat that they should have held on to. the elizabeth warren seat is a really big deal, too. he made a couple of bad votes. first one he voted against the president's nominee. he voted against a woman for the supreme court. that was a big mistake. and the second one was he voted for -- against the bank -- the dod frank bill. sorry. it's 3:00 in the morning. he took more money from wall street than any other sitting senator. that's something people in the commonwealth look at. other parts say no, i don't think that represents our values. he was defeated tonight by a handy margin. here is an interesting thing. if hillary clinton does step down as secretary of state. if barack obama nominates j
>> first openly gay woman in the united states senate in the history of the country. it's a big deal. black man to the senate, a woman to the senate. this to the gay community is just as big. not because she defeated tommy thompson, but because she's openly gay. it's huge. the first black president, the first gay senator. it's big. and it's a great thing. the democrats held on to a seat that they should have held on to. the elizabeth warren seat is a really big deal, too. he made a couple...
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this is missouri, this is in the middle of the united states senate campaign. can you bee that's where w t's outrageous: after lisa brown was banned from speaking on the floor after >>> good evening, americans and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. 42 days until the 2012 election and ght days until t first presidential debate. president obama and millions of americans e calling on billnairneo ri ab rs and bring back the union workers. tonight i'm camming out mitt romney for attacking some other working professionals. this is "the ed ow." let's get to work. >> i think goverr romney and a lize the iss and do a lot of teacher bashing. >> the president goes after mitt romney on education. and right on cue, mitt romney goes after the teachers. >> the teachers union has a responsibility to care for the interests of the teachers. >>meve hd and atlanta mayor react to mitt romney's educated mess. >>> scott walker and paul ryan come out against union busting. eugene robinson and bill roden r. whyhe nfl gets whatt paid and on national voter registration day, ten mill
this is missouri, this is in the middle of the united states senate campaign. can you bee that's where w t's outrageous: after lisa brown was banned from speaking on the floor after >>> good evening, americans and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. 42 days until the 2012 election and ght days until t first presidential debate. president obama and millions of americans e calling on billnairneo ri ab rs and bring back the union workers. tonight i'm camming out mitt romney...
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i wrote the books and i even went to the united states supreme court. for senator brown to say that my work hurts asbestos victims is just simply not only not true, it is in exactly the wrong direction. i have been working for asbestos victims of for years. including going to the nine state supreme court to try to protect a half a billion dollar judgment for them and to try to make sure there is a system set up so that people who have asbestos-related diseases, which continue to show up year after year gets in someone's body, they do not know for sure whether they have it or not, until sometimes years later -- a way for those people to be compensated. the asbestos victims have stood up and said, senator brown is wrong. and he has crossed a line. these are the people whose fathers have died, whose uncle is have died, whose cousins have died, and the day are the ones who are being attacked by senator brown now. >> as a consumer activist, was it a mistake to take on these corporate clients? >> absolutely not. i would do it again because what i was out ther
i wrote the books and i even went to the united states supreme court. for senator brown to say that my work hurts asbestos victims is just simply not only not true, it is in exactly the wrong direction. i have been working for asbestos victims of for years. including going to the nine state supreme court to try to protect a half a billion dollar judgment for them and to try to make sure there is a system set up so that people who have asbestos-related diseases, which continue to show up year...
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second -- [ applause ] the first woman ever to be secretary of state of the united states, appointed by some long ago president, madeleine albright. [ cheers and applause ] who -- madeleine -- [ cheers and applause ] here is -- you know what that reminded me of, for some bizarre reason? the time we went to buenos aires and went to the tango place. anyway, here's what i want to you know about madeleine. she is a professor at georgetown school of foreign service, my alma mater, but in her current life, she is a citizen servant, chairman of the national democratic institute, president of the truman scholarship foundation, on the boards of council on foreign relations, the aspen institute, the center for american progress. third, i'd like to call out the founder of carolina forcube forcubera rybarkhardt. he wrote an amazing book that some of you are familiar with, "it happened on the way to war." he co-founded carolina for kabera, a nongovernmental organization to prevent ethnic and gender violence in nairobi while serving in the united states marine corps. he's a graduate of the univers
second -- [ applause ] the first woman ever to be secretary of state of the united states, appointed by some long ago president, madeleine albright. [ cheers and applause ] who -- madeleine -- [ cheers and applause ] here is -- you know what that reminded me of, for some bizarre reason? the time we went to buenos aires and went to the tango place. anyway, here's what i want to you know about madeleine. she is a professor at georgetown school of foreign service, my alma mater, but in her current...
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the united states has 100,000 janitors which caught -- with college degrees. evidence that not everyone should be going too costly conventional colleges. do you agree or disagree with that and what ideas for college reform do you have? >> let's start with part of it. when we see people who have college diplomas to have jobs that do not require college diplomas, that is because we have an economy that is not yet strong and we are not producing enough growth. this is because we have not been making the investments in our future. i want to be clear about this. i meet people to help the commonwealth of massachusetts. it worked hard. take that out there and they get their diplomas. i met someone in worster who said, i cannot find a job. i moved back in with my mom and dad and i am starting to run out of hope. that is not the -- that cannot be the kind of economy we build. we need a better educated work force. we need people educated in science, engineering, mathematics. we need a well-educated work force so we can build a strong future. this is how we build a futur
the united states has 100,000 janitors which caught -- with college degrees. evidence that not everyone should be going too costly conventional colleges. do you agree or disagree with that and what ideas for college reform do you have? >> let's start with part of it. when we see people who have college diplomas to have jobs that do not require college diplomas, that is because we have an economy that is not yet strong and we are not producing enough growth. this is because we have not...
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[applause] madam chairwoman, delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> the president accepting his nomination of the democrats here at the time warner cable arena. one last visit to the floor. >> we wanted to move beyond what happened tonight and what vester will happen tomorrow and the next couple of days with the candidates. >> it will be a nonstops brand starting tomorrow. the president and vice president will go to new hampshire and iowa. some key battleground states. and moving on to florida. mitt romney is also going to iowa and you have paul ryan going to nevada. it will be a nonstop spread in these battleground states try to take the messages that they try to make in their convention speeches and amplified days. one of the points that obama's campaign manager may from the stage was that in three weeks, early voting starts in iowa. it might seem like it is a couple of months, but this will be a real sprint now and it is going to be -- a lot of excitement at both conventions and they have to translate that and get that mess
[applause] madam chairwoman, delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> the president accepting his nomination of the democrats here at the time warner cable arena. one last visit to the floor. >> we wanted to move beyond what happened tonight and what vester will happen tomorrow and the next couple of days with the candidates. >> it will be a nonstops brand starting tomorrow. the president and vice president will go to new...
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i'm running for president of the united states because i want to help with family values. and i think that family values are important when we have two-parent families that are parents -- that are the traditional family. >> but there are several hundred thousand children in the country who don't have a home and if a gay couple wants to adopt them, what's wrong with that? >> i am for the values that two-parent families, the traditional family represents. >> so you're against gay adoption? >> i am for the values and principles that two-parent families represent, and i also do point out that many of these decisions are made by the states, as we all know, and i will do everything i can to encourage adoption, to encourage all of the things that keeps families together, including educational opportunities, including a better economy, job creation. >> i believe that our education, like such as in south africa and the iraq, everywhere, like, such as. >> my favorite part is when he says, i will do everything to encourage adoption. which i am not in favor, the adoption -- iraq. yeah
i'm running for president of the united states because i want to help with family values. and i think that family values are important when we have two-parent families that are parents -- that are the traditional family. >> but there are several hundred thousand children in the country who don't have a home and if a gay couple wants to adopt them, what's wrong with that? >> i am for the values that two-parent families, the traditional family represents. >> so you're against...
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the states with the highest poverty rate in the united states, eight of the 10 are southern states, all but virginia in the south, all of the southern states are above the national average, some way above, with states like mississippi having over 30% living in poverty. 10 states with child poverty over 25%. nine of those are in the south. there are six million kid living in extreme poverty. that means income of less than half the federal poverty standard, and of those six million, 42% come from the south. there are 11 states with over 10% of their children living in extreme poverty, and 10 of those 11 are in the south. the pugh study, a new one, relatively new on economic mobility indicated that the lowest economic mobility in the united states is in louisiana, oklahoma, south carolina, alabama, florida, kentucky, mississippi, north carolina and texas. so this picture is pervasive. and in the south it's not getting better at the moment. the south was the only section of the country in the last census where these poverty figures got significantly worse. the next point being congenial to
the states with the highest poverty rate in the united states, eight of the 10 are southern states, all but virginia in the south, all of the southern states are above the national average, some way above, with states like mississippi having over 30% living in poverty. 10 states with child poverty over 25%. nine of those are in the south. there are six million kid living in extreme poverty. that means income of less than half the federal poverty standard, and of those six million, 42% come from...
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ladies and gentlemen, i am running for the united states -- for the president of the united states of america. we are about the greatest nation that ever was, the next- generation. more divided, more settled with -- saddled with debt, less productive than any time in recent history. what have we done? how did we get here? we exported $3 for every $2 that we imported. science, technology, the highest standard of living in the world. i come from a manufacturing background and i appreciate that. it is a paltry 9%. what have we done. i am twice elected governor and lived overseas for times. have i experienced every human emotion imaginable? i am not the kind of person to engage in nonsense and rhetoric, but i believe this country needs to begin a journey to get us out of the hole that we are in. in the end, we are a bunch of blue sky problem-solving how optimistic people. this is not who we are, finding ourselves in a hole with a cloud of malaise hanging over us. i don't care of your republican, an independent, a democrat. this is until we are. how we deserve better. are.is isn't who we w
ladies and gentlemen, i am running for the united states -- for the president of the united states of america. we are about the greatest nation that ever was, the next- generation. more divided, more settled with -- saddled with debt, less productive than any time in recent history. what have we done? how did we get here? we exported $3 for every $2 that we imported. science, technology, the highest standard of living in the world. i come from a manufacturing background and i appreciate that....
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you know, frankly, i think that every law firm in the united states has seen a particular contraction of its support staff and the answer can be summed up in one word, computers. that is exactly what has happened. and yet we have not contracted accordingably. i think there's more that we can do in templg of support staff. >> clearly computerization is a reason whooo! for why government has downsized and can down side. and nen congress by the way has been very good about growing our agency when we can do it, is entirely about computerization. but i certainly understand. >> i appreciate your comments, i might just close my thoughts by saying, certainly the agency has large scope, the commission news over what's going to be on its plate. you make those decisions, so it might be helpful for myself at least to see as budgets were to shrink, where you would choose to prioritize and sometimes agencies choose to prioritize agencies that would get the most attention. it would cause us the most strain, but what you actually see as the lowest priority, versus the high rest priority, that we only
you know, frankly, i think that every law firm in the united states has seen a particular contraction of its support staff and the answer can be summed up in one word, computers. that is exactly what has happened. and yet we have not contracted accordingably. i think there's more that we can do in templg of support staff. >> clearly computerization is a reason whooo! for why government has downsized and can down side. and nen congress by the way has been very good about growing our agency...
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think of cases that have interpreted the constitution of the united states around equal rights and so when we talk about the importance of the presidency it's certainly about the economic issues of that nature. but this could have impacts for hundreds of years. >> i do have to ask this question. there's going to be 28 women paraded on the stage tonight to talk about the power of the republican party. >> we only have 17% of women in congress. we only have 17 women senators, we only have six governors who are women we still have a very long way to go and when the house of representatives is having a hearing about access to birth control and the first panel is devoid of a woman, women women's voices aren't being heard. >> ifill: thank you both, one of those women is on the floor right now, that's congresswoman nidia valasquez of new york. >> i am proud to speak to you as a hispanic american. as a proud latina and a puerto rican. (cheers and applause) from being the first in my family to attend college to becoming the first latina to chair a full congressional committee in congress, my st
think of cases that have interpreted the constitution of the united states around equal rights and so when we talk about the importance of the presidency it's certainly about the economic issues of that nature. but this could have impacts for hundreds of years. >> i do have to ask this question. there's going to be 28 women paraded on the stage tonight to talk about the power of the republican party. >> we only have 17% of women in congress. we only have 17 women senators, we only...
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be healthy. >>. >> paul: turning to the bye for control of the united states senate. this week we look at the race in massachusetts. there republican senator 2009 brown is trying to hold on the seat by ted kennedy. it one democrats would like to take back. elizabeth warren, the brains behind obama's consumer protection bureau. we're back with our panel. so mary, very rare for a republican to hold the brown in a special election. what is his strategy to hold on to the seat? >> he is positioning himself as an independent, as a person who is going to represent every person in massachusetts. he is calling out elizabeth warren on her hypocrisy which you sue when she called herself a native american. she has represented big companies trying to deny payments to retirees. bankrupt steel company and travelers insurance. >> paul: so underlying her authenticity. >> not just that but she understands the plight of the common person. >> paul: we have back-to-back ads by scott brown followed by elizabeth warren. >> elizabeth warren is trying to put her heritage behind her. she ident
be healthy. >>. >> paul: turning to the bye for control of the united states senate. this week we look at the race in massachusetts. there republican senator 2009 brown is trying to hold on the seat by ted kennedy. it one democrats would like to take back. elizabeth warren, the brains behind obama's consumer protection bureau. we're back with our panel. so mary, very rare for a republican to hold the brown in a special election. what is his strategy to hold on to the seat? >>...
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. >> this has now become the most critical religious liberty challenge that we face in the united states today. >> we are talk about constitutional issue. religious freedom. >> they are certain to reach the supreme court. they're violating the constitution and 40 years of congressional action. >> this is about religious energy and every healthcare law except for this one since 1973. >> congress passed 11 lus since 1973 to prevent government from forcing people to violate their religious beliefs. latest was in 1993, championed by schumer and kennedy. >> if you burden the free exercise of religion, there can't be less restrictive way to do it. >> the feeling among catholics is captured in a web video showing the belief in life forged in steal. similar views reflected in a marist poll that found three out of four americans 74 to 26% believe freedom of religion should be protected even if it conflicts with other laws. 46% of democrats agreed with that. 47% of independents. white house trying to argue it was not forcing the catholic institutions to violate moral beliefs saying insurance compa
. >> this has now become the most critical religious liberty challenge that we face in the united states today. >> we are talk about constitutional issue. religious freedom. >> they are certain to reach the supreme court. they're violating the constitution and 40 years of congressional action. >> this is about religious energy and every healthcare law except for this one since 1973. >> congress passed 11 lus since 1973 to prevent government from forcing people to...
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states, barack obama. [ cheers and applause ] barack obama, 44th president of the united states of america. in this exuberant presentation of the college's highest honor, we pay tribute to your leadership of our nation and your place in our world. from 1961 in honolulu, hawaii, to this stellar moment in may, the chronicle of your life has enthralled us. the early years in indonesia that sparked your independence and opened your eyes to the breadth of humanithumanity. college first at occidental and then here in new york where you earned your degree at the great columbia university on whose lawn we now stand. to chicago to work with communities in need and then on to harvard law school becoming the first african-american president of the harvard law review -- [ cheers and applause ] -- and graduating magna cum laude. you deepened your commitment to public service because you understood grassroots was the way. as your mentor put it, if you're not trying to really change things out there, you might as well forget it. then in 1992 in one of your all-time best slam dunks, you had the good fortu
states, barack obama. [ cheers and applause ] barack obama, 44th president of the united states of america. in this exuberant presentation of the college's highest honor, we pay tribute to your leadership of our nation and your place in our world. from 1961 in honolulu, hawaii, to this stellar moment in may, the chronicle of your life has enthralled us. the early years in indonesia that sparked your independence and opened your eyes to the breadth of humanithumanity. college first at occidental...